Rana awdish in shock7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Her personal story continues for two more years of complications and medical problems, during which time she continued to work as a Critical Care attending in the same hospital where she was a patient. Focus its light on an unsorted pile of symptoms and it will converge them neatly into a diagnosis.” Throughout her harrowing story, she contemplates the power of empathy, compassion, hope, and the potency of misspoken, or poorly considered words that include “We’re losing her” and “She’s circling the drain”. The first line of the first chapter she states, “Medicine can be a magical lens through which to view the human body. ![]() No one expected her to survive, and many were surprised when she did. Her descriptions of the horror of that night, her subsequent intensive care stay, and the reactions of her colleagues and friends are beautifully written. Rana Awdish, MD, was just finishing her Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and was seven months pregnant when she developed what appeared to be HELLP syndrome. This is a gorgeously written memoir about one physician’s horrific experience with a catastrophic condition that led to her almost dying on several occasions. ![]()
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